Embarrassing question, water odour!

Everyday living
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Hi everyone, hope you are as well as can be…I have been having problems with my bladder this winter, I have to say that Cranberry juice has helped. I have had checks for infections and all seems to be clear at the moment. I even had a test for diabetis this morning just to make sure I was ok and yes that seems fine.

My question is, is it normal for urine to smell early morning and late evening and is this something we need to worry about. I drink lots of water during the day especially as it seems to help with constipation and the odour disappears but it always comes back. I do self catheterise morning and night.

It can be embarrasing at times, especially as I don’t always make it to the loo in time although I do wear continence pads.

Thank you for any advice.

Wendyx

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Hi Wendy,

You are not alone with this one.

My urine smells bad at night time.

And i do self catheterise,at night,so could it be that i wonder.

Also keep a good air freshener in the loo.

Dont be embarrased by this,it is just down to effing MS.

Take Care.

Chris.

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Thanks Chris, glad I’m not alone with this one

Wendyx

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Just a suggestion, could it be that you are retaining urine during the day and the night that starts to “go off” due to you not emptying properly? And when you SC and completely “clear out” morning and night that’s why it smells… just a thought - maybe SC once during the day and see if it alleviates the problem at bed time?

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Thank you Bunny, I’ll try that.

Wendyx

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I don’t know if I’m being “neurotic” (to borrow a term from another thread), but I feel my…er…sorry …“intimate odour” has changed since I got MS, though I’m not sure it has anything to do with urine.

At first, I worried that perhaps fatigue, or some loss of dexterity meant I hadn’t been as scrupulous with hygiene as formerly, and maybe this might account for it. But I really think I’m taking as much care, and as frequently, as I ever did, so I’m unsure why my scent has changed, and why it’s now objectionable to me, rather than familiar.

Of course, I am a woman of “a certain age”, and have also have gone on the pill since being diagnosed, to try to overcome the exacerbation of MS symptoms I was getting once a month.

I realise either of these factors could have changed the hormonal balance, and caused me to smell differently.

I have also worried I might be “leaking” a bit, but only droplets, not full incontinence. But I am not positive the odour is urine (which should be pretty distinctive). Only that I don’t feel I smell as I “ought to”, or what is normal for me.

Of course, another possibility is that nothing has changed, but my sense of smell has gone wrong! You never know, with MS, do you?

I just wonder if whatever processes go on in the body with MS are capable of affecting body chemistry, to the extent we would smell differently? I know some cancers can be smelt - if not by other people, then by trained dogs. I also know dogs can be trained to “smell” if an epileptic owner is in imminent danger of a fit, and to warn them accordingly.

I wonder if MS also causes detectable changes in body chemistry?

I’ve never posted about this before, 'cos it’s both personal and a bit yucky. But since someone else started… :wink:

T.

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I don’t know if I’m being “neurotic” (to borrow a term from another thread), but I feel my…er…sorry …“intimate odour” has changed since I got MS, though I’m not sure it has anything to do with urine.

At first, I worried that perhaps fatigue, or some loss of dexterity meant I hadn’t been as scrupulous with hygiene as formerly, and maybe this might account for it. But I really think I’m taking as much care, and as frequently, as I ever did, so I’m unsure why my scent has changed, and why it’s now objectionable to me, rather than familiar.

Of course, I am a woman of “a certain age”, and have also have gone on the pill since being diagnosed, to try to overcome the exacerbation of MS symptoms I was getting once a month.

I realise either of these factors could have changed the hormonal balance, and caused me to smell differently.

I have also worried I might be “leaking” a bit, but only droplets, not full incontinence. But I am not positive the odour is urine (which should be pretty distinctive). Only that I don’t feel I smell as I “ought to”, or what is normal for me.

Of course, another possibility is that nothing has changed, but my sense of smell has gone wrong! You never know, with MS, do you?

I just wonder if whatever processes go on in the body with MS are capable of affecting body chemistry, to the extent we would smell differently? I know some cancers can be smelt - if not by other people, then by trained dogs. I also know dogs can be trained to “smell” if an epileptic owner is in imminent danger of a fit, and to warn them accordingly.

I wonder if MS also causes detectable changes in body chemistry?

I’ve never posted about this before, 'cos it’s both personal and a bit yucky. But since someone else started… :wink:

T.

Not a subject I would have dreamt I would be having conversations online with people about but as you say, you never know with MS. Your point is Interesting Tina, I’m not sure either. I’m seeing my continence nurse in a couple of weeks, perhaps she’ll have an answer, meanwhile I’m taking Bunny’s advice and emptying my bladder 3 times a day.

Wendyx

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